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Hamilton (15-8-2 overall, 11-7-1 NESCAC) is the sixth seed and plays top seed Bowdoin (18-5-1, 14-4-1) in the first semifinal at 1 p.m. Trinity College (15-8-2, 11-6-2) is the fifth seed and takes on No. 2 seed Middlebury College (17-4-4, 12-3-4) in the second semifinal at approximately 4. The winners meet for the championship at Bowdoin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 7. The Polar Bears are hosting this event for the second time in 11 years.

The Continentals last reached the NESCAC semifinals in 2006, but has never played in the championship game. Hamilton is 3-0 against Bowdoin in the conference championship, and all three games were played in Brunswick, Maine. The Continentals reached this weekend with a 2-1 overtime win at Williams College on Feb. 27. Hamilton is 4-1-2 in overtime games this season. The Continentals have won four straight and are 10-2-1 in their last 13 games.

The nationally ranked No. 7 Polar Bears last hosted the NESCAC championship semifinals and finals in 2007, when they lost 4-2 to Middlebury in the title game. Bowdoin has been the runner-up in this event three times, but has never captured the championship. The Polar Bears have won their last seven games.

No. 5 Middlebury has played in the finals every year since the championship was first held in 2000, which doesn't bode well for Trinity. The teams did play to a 2-2 tie at Trinity on Jan. 15. Middlebury owns a seven-game win streak going into the weekend, while Trinity has stumbled a bit as of late. The Bantams are 3-2-0 in their last five games. Trinity has reached the semifinals in eight of the last nine years.